Polar Bears International (canada) Inc.
Charitable organization · Winnipeg, Manitoba · BN 862722279RR0001 · Animal Welfare
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,574,433) as filed with the CRA.
Polar Bears International (canada) Inc. is a charitable organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, classified by the CRA under animal welfare. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.8M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from donations. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $306K.
Compared with 112 animal-welfare charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 68% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.3M in 2020 to $2.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
To fund facilitate promote and carry out activities research and programs for advancement of education relating to polar bears.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.8M | $2.6M | $2.4M | $80K | — | $5.4M |
| 2023 | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2M | $325K | — | $5.2M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2.1M | $332K | — | $5.2M |
| 2021 | $2.5M | — | — | — | — | $5.1M |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.2M | $850K | $279K | — | $4.2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $306K from 20 charities:
- The Winnipeg Foundation$80K
- Sprout Foundation$50K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$43K
- Fondation Desjardins$39K
- BenefAction Foundation$31K
- The Fitzhenry Family Foundation$20K
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$14K
- Honda Canada Foundation$10K
- Canadahelps Canadon$9,276
- The Calgary Foundation$3,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,340
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,060
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- West Island College Society of Alberta$858
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$800
- United Way of Greater Toronto$528
- Albert College$350
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$151
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
- Centraide Québec Chaudière-Appalaches et Bas-Saint laurent$18
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$451K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Patrickc Keeley (vice chair); Amy Moore (chair); Steven Dolam (cfo); Kristin Biniek (secretary); Jean-Pierre Parently (director); Stephanie Sluka Brauer (director); Valerie Beck (director); John Kelleher (director); Andrew Cyr (director); Peggie Pelosi (director); Sarah Street (director); Gavin Thompson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Polar Bears International (canada) Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 862722279RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.